Non-refillable bottle.



J. S. HARDCASTLE. NON-REFILLABLB BOTTLE. APPLxoATIoH rIALnn une. ma.

Patented Jan 7; 1913.A

5nuwloz J .5 .Hardcastle anonima@ gi STAWENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH SQHARDCASTLE, QF HALEDON, NEW JERSEY.

`Beit known that I, Josnrix S. HARD- casras, a citizen of the UnitedStates, re-

siding at Haledon, in the county of Passaic and 'State of New Jerse haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in Non-RefillableBottles;,and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will cnable others skilled in theart to which it apvpertains to make and use the same.

IjTliis invention relates to bottles and jars, and more especially totheStoppers thereoif; and the object of the same is to produce an improvedstopper which will pre vent the bottle from being refilled whether litisv inverted or laid upon its side at any angle. This and other ob'ectsare accomplished by the construction ereinafter more 20` ulldescribedand claimed, and as shown in tiie drawings wherein- Figure 1isa central vertical section through a bottle: neck provided with thisinvention;

Fi 2 is a pers ective detail of one ofthe bus iings with t e valveomitted, and Fig. 3 is a perspective detail `of the valve; Fig. 4 is aside elevation of the uppermost bushing which differs slghtly rom theother as explained herein 4ig. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof, and 4i..6 is a cross section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 4.

The body B and neck N of this bottle may be formed as usual, exceptinthat where the merge they are rovide with an interna upwardly facing soulder 1, and

upon this shoulder rests a reducer 2 carrying an upwardly facing valveseat 3 around its bore and providedin its upper face with two pins 4.Next above the reducer is a bushing comprising an annular body 5,preferably having an external surrounding groove 6 for acking as shownat 7, having an internal ange 8 carrying a valve seat around the openingtherein; and the upper end of the bod carries two pins 4 opposite eachother li re those on the reducer, while in its lower end are formed twolsockets 9 also o posite each other but at right angles to t ie pins 4.It follows that w en the sockets 9 are engaged with the pins 4 of thereducer 2 the pins in this bushing will stand at right angles tothe pins.,finthelower member or reducer 2.

Speomoation of Letters latcnt.

Application led May 8, 1913.v Serial No. 695,548.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Patented Jan.7,1913.

The valve comprises a disk-shaped body 10 which may be convex on itsupper face andconcavc on its lower face, and a T- shaped shank whosestein 11 projects radially from said body and whose head 12 extendsrigidlyacross the ,outer end of the stem; In the wall of the bushing atright angles. to its sockets 9 is formed a recess Y 13 cut laterallyinto the outer face of the bushing and of a proper size to receive thehead 12 of said shank, and cut vertically upward and entirely throughsaid wall from its lower edge to the top of said recess is a notch 14 ofa width to receive the stem 11 of said shank. The valve is bv preferenceof'aluminum, theg'bushing and reducer of glass, and a' rubber gasketsurrounds ,the groove 6 and fits closely within the bottle neck N.

As best seen in Fig. 1, thereare three identical bushings and a reducer,and therefore'there are fourvalve seats and four valves and the latterare set quarterin .to

eachother so.that the bottle may be lai on position orizontal because atleast one of the valves will close a ainst its seat. Obviously it cannotbe fi led while 'it' is vertical either in an upright position orinverted, because one or more and perhaps all of the valves willobstruct the passage through the neck. The uppermost ushing has the samebody, sockets 9 in its lower edge for the pins of the bushing below, andsurrounding groove 6 for the rubber gasket7; but above this groove it iselongated, preferably provided with another groove 21 for a split ring22 which will expand into an internal oove 23 within the bottle neck andhold t e set of bushings in lace; and at this point tlie uppermostbushing by reference carries a transverse baille 24 preferabl moldedacross it if the same be of glass so as to prevent the insertion of aninstrument which would hold any of the valves open' and above the baillethis bushing has a an e 25 fitting over the uppjer end of the bott eneck, above which the ushing may rise for some considerable distance soas to contain a cork if found desirable although not necessary toillustrate.

The parts of this improved device are its side or rolled or turnedto-any 9e'n'tirely inverted and its neck immersed in,-

l. .assembledI by first putting inthe reducer 2 *upward through thenotch 14 and drawing it into the recess' 13 ofa bushing, and drop- `pingthe latter in place so thatits sockets 9,w1ll fit over the pins 4 yinthe reducer 2; then applying the next two valves and bushings in thesame manner, taking care that the pivots of the four valves standquarteringv to each other; and finally putting a split ring 22 into thev groove 21 in the upper member or mouth piece, and pressing the sameintopositon until the ring sna s outward'into the groove 23 in the botte neck j; tol hold thismember in place, and by it in turn holdall'others in place. A cork -may ithen be insertedin the mouth piece tore- --ff/vent the entrance of dust, and the bott e is mlfeady forcommercial use. To pour outthe f3.1," contents, the cork is removed andthe bottle ltipped toene side, when the contents will vflow through'theneck and ass out ythe mouth iece as usual. If now 1t be attemptg5. @edto A'ii l'the'bottle afterthe same has been ',"moreor less emptied, itwill be found that n whatever osxtion the bottle is laced at east one oft e valves will be close against its sent'by gravity, and even ifthe'bottle is @liquid the upward flow of the liquid will '--.close='oneor moreof the valves and prevent the' liquid from' gainin access to' thebody 4B.`-.It is quite possib e that the various a5, members could bemade of other materials lthan-glass, and in that case' the external'grooves andsurrounding gaskets might be omitted;` butI reserve 'theright to make which lcomes to rest uponthej shoulder 1;. f v thenpassing the stem 11 of one of the valves' such chan es in detailsas'come within the .the neck with the lowermost on said reducer and theothers resting on each other, each having a cylindrical body wth'anexternal groove 'for a packin ring and oppositely disposed sockets inlts lower end adapted to engage the pins of the member below, oppositelydisposed pins rising from its upper end at right angles to said socketsand adapted to engage the sockets in the member above, its wal betweenthe sockets being provided with a notch opening from its lower edgeupward and wlth a transverse recess intersecting the upper end ofthenotch and in the outer face of the bushing,I a valve having adisk-shaped body and a T-shaped'shank whose stem fits loosely insaid'notch and whose head fits loosely in said recess; and anupperbushing of like construction and whose body is extended lupward andshouldered on its outer side to tit over the mouth of the bottle, andits bore carries a. transverse baflie.

Inl testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of. twosubscribing witnesses."

^ JOSEPH S. HARDCASTLE.

Witnesses: a y kWILLIAMH.' YOUNG,

' yMARY MGGARRY.

copie! of this patent may be obtained for tive cents each,'by,eddrcssingthe Commissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D. l

